Writing paper on GPU rendering process, suggestions needed

[Squega]

For my college English class I was assigned a research essay with the topic being of self choice. I decided to write my paper on the GPU rendering process (what it does to produce a frame of 3D graphics). I'm having a bit of a problem though.

First off, my English teacher is not much of a tech. person, so I am trying to dumb down the process to make it understandable by anybody who reads the essay. I am also having a hard time finding a general outline of the rendering process, as even though I do know how various parts of a GPU work, I don't know the order in which they go in.

I'm explaining how an IMR works for you smart-arses here.

Any suggestions?

 

[jpaana]

The OpenGL state machine (available from for example http://www.3dlabs.com/support/developer/state.pdf) documents pretty well how the classic IMR rendering pipe works and is relatively close how current 3D hardware also works. Shaders just replace parts of the fixed function pipe.

 

[Pepto-Bismol]

For my college English class I was assigned a research essay with the topic being of self choice. I decided to write my paper on the GPU rendering process (what it does to produce a frame of 3D graphics). I'm having a bit of a problem though . . . Any suggestions?

More than likely than not, you are surrounded by experts. So go ahead: shake the answer out of those (PhD-wielding) rascals in engineering and mathematics!